Muscling in on new worlds : Jews, sport, and the making of the Americas /
Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicle...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2015.
Series:
Jewish Latin America
5.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2015, ISBN: 9789004287471.
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Call Number: GV709.6 .M87 2015
| Summary: | Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicles for reconciling the legacy of immigration and Jewish distinctiveness in new world national and regional contexts. |
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| Item Description: | "Muscling in on New Worlds brings together a dynamic new collection of studies that approach sport as a window into Jewish identity formation in the Americas. Articles address football/soccer, yoga, boxing, and other sports as crucial points of Jewish interaction with other communities and as vehicles for reconciling the legacy of immigration and Jewish distinctiveness in new world national and regional contexts"--Provided by publisher. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 203 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004284494 |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |